8 Days and Nights Chanukah Workout

Chanukah passed so I'm publishing this late - HOWEVER - here's the themed workout we did in spirit of the 8 days and nights. You could always use it as a Crazy 8's Workout anytime! We mainly focused on "single" limbs (i.e. one leg or arm represents the day and the other the night - yes, I know I'm a nerd) ... :-)))) This workout's pretty straight forward. 8 reps of everything for two or three rounds. Happy Exercising!


8 STOMACH RUNS
(Start down on your stomach on the floor, run a reasonable length - like 1/2 or 1/4 length of a basketball court - or maybe the whole stretch, it's up to you! Each way, you should drop back down to your stomach)


8 PARTNER PUSHUPS or PUSHUP TAPS
(if you have a partner, then, face each other and do a pushup then tap each other's opposite hands each time you come up ... or, if you don't have a partner, tap a ball or the wall each time up)


8 FORWARD LUNGES or LUNGE JUMPS


8 STAR JUMPS or SQUAT SIDE KICK OUT (ABDUCTION)


8 STRAIGHT ARM SIDE PLANK + BACK FLY (OPT W/WEIGHTS)
(Start at center ... raise one arm straight out and up in a reverse fly w/fingers (or knuckles if you're holding weights) up at the ceiling as you rotate the body into a side plank. Come back to center and repeat on other side. 4 reps total each side)


8 RUSSIAN TWISTS
(Opt w/weight or plate. 4 reps total each side)


8 TORSO RAISES (on stomach) or LAT BAND PULL DOWNS
(on stomach, keeping legs down on ground, hips pushing into floor and gluts tight ... arms starting straight overhead, raise torso/chest off the ground and pull arms into 90 degree angles down ... as in elbows coming towards side of body with palms facing the floor. Squeeze your back and lats and then raise your arms straight again before lowering to the floor. If using a band, pull the band down to chest/collar bone).


8 SINGLE HIP RAISES
(lying on back, bent legs, one leg up to ceiling ... lift hips off the floor. 4 each side. If it's too difficult, do 8 reps with both feet down on ground. If it's too easy, elevate one leg on a chair or step)